λίσσομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of λιτός (litós, “supplicatory”) and λιτή (litḗ, “prayer, entreaty”); of unknown origin, but the fact that the λ often makes a preceding short vowel into a heavy syllable, as well as the frequent doubling of the λ after the augment ἐ- (e-), makes it likely that it comes from an earlier *slit-. MacBain compares Scottish Gaelic lide (“syllable”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lís.so.mai̯/ → /ˈlis.so.mɛ/ → /ˈli.so.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lís.so.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.so.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.so.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.so.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.so.me/

Verb

λίσσομαι • (líssomai)

1. (poetic) to pray, beseech

Conjugation

   Present: λῐ́σσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	λῐ́σσομαι	λῐ́σσῃ, λῐ́σσει	λῐ́σσεται	λῐ́σσεσθον	λῐ́σσεσθον	λῐσσόμεθᾰ	λῐ́σσεσθε	λῐ́σσονται
	subjunctive	λῐ́σσωμαι	λῐ́σσῃ	λῐ́σσηται	λῐ́σσησθον	λῐ́σσησθον	λῐσσώμεθᾰ	λῐ́σσησθε	λῐ́σσωνται
	optative	λῐσσοίμην	λῐ́σσοιο	λῐ́σσοιτο	λῐ́σσοισθον	λῐσσοίσθην	λῐσσοίμεθᾰ	λῐ́σσοισθε	λῐ́σσοιντο
	imperative		λῐ́σσου	λῐσσέσθω	λῐ́σσεσθον	λῐσσέσθων		λῐ́σσεσθε	λῐσσέσθων
infinitive						λῐ́σσεσθαι
participle	m					λῐσσόμενος
	f					λῐσσομένη
	n					λῐσσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐλισσόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐλισσόμην	ἐλίσσου	ἐλίσσετο	ἐλίσσεσθον	ἐλισσέσθην	ἐλισσόμεθᾰ	ἐλίσσεσθε	ἐλίσσοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐλλισσόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐλλισσόμην	ἐλλίσσου	ἐλλίσσετο	ἐλλίσσεσθον	ἐλλισσέσθην	ἐλλισσόμε(σ)θᾰ	ἐλλίσσεσθε	ἐλλίσσοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: λῐσσόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	λῐσσόμην	λῐ́σσου	λῐ́σσετο	λῐ́σσεσθον	λῐσσέσθην	λῐσσόμε(σ)θᾰ	λῐ́σσεσθε	λῐ́σσοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: λισσεσκόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	λισσεσκόμην	λισσέσκου	λισσέσκετο	λισσέσκεσθον	λισσεσκέσθην	λισσεσκόμε(σ)θᾰ	λισσέσκεσθε	λισσέσκοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐλῐσᾰ́μην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐλῐσᾰ́μην	ἐλῐ́σω	ἐλῐ́σᾰτο	ἐλῐ́σᾰσθον	ἐλῐσᾰ́σθην	ἐλῐσᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐλῐ́σᾰσθε	ἐλῐ́σᾰντο
	subjunctive	λῐ́σωμαι	λῐ́σῃ	λῐ́σηται	λῐ́σησθον	λῐ́σησθον	λῐσώμεθᾰ	λῐ́σησθε	λῐ́σωνται
	optative	λῐσαίμην	λῐ́σαιο	λῐ́σαιτο	λῐ́σαισθον	λῐσαίσθην	λῐσαίμεθᾰ	λῐ́σαισθε	λῐ́σαιντο
	imperative		λῐ́σαι	λῐσᾰ́σθω	λῐ́σᾰσθον	λῐσᾰ́σθων		λῐ́σᾰσθε	λῐσᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					λῐ́σᾰσθαι
participle	m				λῐσᾰ́μενος
	f				λῐσᾰμένη
	n				λῐσᾰ́μενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐλλῐσᾰ́μην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐλλῐσᾰ́μην	ἐλλῐ́σᾰο	ἐλλῐ́σᾰτο	ἐλλῐ́σᾰσθον	ἐλλῐσᾰ́σθην	ἐλλῐσᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ	ἐλλῐ́σᾰσθε	ἐλλῐ́σᾰντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐλῐτόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐλῐτόμην	ἐλῐ́του	ἐλῐ́τετο	ἐλῐ́τεσθον	ἐλῐτέσθην	ἐλῐτόμεθᾰ	ἐλῐ́τεσθε	ἐλῐ́τοντο
	subjunctive	λῐ́τωμαι	λῐ́τῃ	λῐ́τηται	λῐ́τησθον	λῐ́τησθον	λῐτώμεθᾰ	λῐ́τησθε	λῐ́τωνται
	optative	λῐτοίμην	λῐ́τοιο	λῐ́τοιτο	λῐ́τοισθον	λῐτοίσθην	λῐτοίμεθᾰ	λῐ́τοισθε	λῐ́τοιντο
	imperative		λῐτοῦ	λῐτέσθω	λῐ́τεσθον	λῐτέσθων		λῐ́τεσθε	λῐτέσθων
					middle
infinitive					λῐτέσθαι
participle	m				λῐτόμενος
	f				λῐτομένη
	n				λῐτόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Related terms

• λιτανεύω (litaneúō)
• λίτομαι (lítomai)

 

Further reading

• “λίσσομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λίσσομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λίσσομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “λίσσομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λίσσομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ask idem, page 44.
  • beseech idem, page 75.
  • entreat idem, page 278.
  • impiore idem, page 421.
  • pray idem, page 632.
  • supplicate idem, page 840.